#AusHistory #IndigenousHistory #CharlesPerkins 1936-2000

"My expectation of a good Australia is when white people would be proud to speak an Aboriginal language, when they realise that Aboriginal culture and all that goes with it, philosophy, art, language, kinship, is all part of their heritage. And that is the most unbelievable thing of all, that it's all there waiting for us all. White people can inherit 40,000 or 60,000 years of culture, and all they have to do is reach out and ask for it."

Champion of champions: Remembering Dr Charles Perkins 25 years after his death
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/champion-of-champions-remembering-dr-charles-perkins-25-years-after-his-death/hfxjo6lph?